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the one provision is that it robbed of medicare of seven of its $60 billion. when i get to congress, i will fight to make sure that those cuts are restored. we are going to have bureaucrats in washington, d.c. destroying the doctor-patient relationship telling us when and how we can see doctors. it will destroy small business because never before in american history if you hired more than 50 people and they work more than 30 hours per week, you will be penalized. >> i think the small business is likely to happen. what we need to do is work together to create more affordability for mid-sized businesses. businesses between 5200 employees -- -- businesses between 50 and 200 employees. the affordable care act cut out waste, fraud, and abuse and all agree we want to get rid of that. the concern is that mr. parker supports the romney-ryan budget. he supports their approach to entitlements. that would voucher eyes medicare and cost your grandmother $6,400 per year. >> i never said i supported the budget. let's get back to the health care -- i agree with certain aspec
the one provision is that it robbed of medicare of seven of its $60 billion. when i get to congress, i will fight to make sure that those cuts are restored. we are going to have bureaucrats in washington, d.c. destroying the doctor-patient relationship telling us when and how we can see doctors. it will destroy small business because never before in american history if you hired more than 50 people and they work more than 30 hours per week, you will be penalized. >> i think the small...
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rob? >> when aaron first asked me to come talk about this, he said the obama administration's stance toward the palestinian conflict i thought he was giving me the worst place on the podium. i will circle back after talking generally about how i see the challenges in the middle east for the administration to the lete that's they will never us ignore it 0.3 points i want to raise. the first is that the obama administration's u.s. base is the same conflicts in the middle east that been raging for some time, but on a different battleground. everything about the battle ground has changed. the protagonists, identity, their nature has changed, the stakes have changed, the landscape has changed, the degree to which the u.s. has the capacity to make these happen has changed and has declined, and one need not go to the list, but a few things, and many of them have accelerated with the airbus rising -- the arab uprising, the shift toward the gulf, into the vacation of the sunni-shiite and the arab-p
rob? >> when aaron first asked me to come talk about this, he said the obama administration's stance toward the palestinian conflict i thought he was giving me the worst place on the podium. i will circle back after talking generally about how i see the challenges in the middle east for the administration to the lete that's they will never us ignore it 0.3 points i want to raise. the first is that the obama administration's u.s. base is the same conflicts in the middle east that been...
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collins this morning, there's a congressman rob andrews who is a fairly senior guy in the democratic conference who is -- had an article in the "wall street journal" which he called for an apoll low style on medicine and he said we should be focusing on wounded war yors and not just paying for your wheel chairs and maintenance for the next 60 years of their life but putting them back together and helping them walk and getting their brains fully functional and so on. and that's to me an unbelievable powerful political argument and i think the moral conscious of the country would be awakened on that score. so he's talking about a genuinely higher effort perhaps through some innovative financing mechanism that will be unvain lt probably by the end of this year. and yes, we have to deal with the fiscal cliff and enormous circumstances but the reality that we spend $2.6 trillion on healthcare in this country and only 4% on medical h and d we see the results in fall off of new treatments and curious and i think the chance to unite the country around some way to make healthcare cheaper just
collins this morning, there's a congressman rob andrews who is a fairly senior guy in the democratic conference who is -- had an article in the "wall street journal" which he called for an apoll low style on medicine and he said we should be focusing on wounded war yors and not just paying for your wheel chairs and maintenance for the next 60 years of their life but putting them back together and helping them walk and getting their brains fully functional and so on. and that's to me...
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an armed robber who was paroled robbed me at gunpoint. he is serving a life sentence for armed robbery for his second offense. i understand how this issue works. i know that if that had occurred in green bill on the jack street it would have been responding to much more aggressively and much more seriously by the state. it is a matter of leadership and making it a priority. wilmington will not develop economically until we solve the problem with public safety. jack has talked about good things we have done. yalobusha-is when people feel safe and wilmington is somewhere that people would feel comfortable to go to. likely would feel comfortable walking around the campus. and to get there, we have not done enough. >> first of all it is offensive to think that you would suggest that we care less about one crime victim than another. let me finish. within days, ibm man being shot on east 24th street, i knocked on the door of his mother and i talked to her. and when to where he was shot. i talked to dozens of people out on the street to talk to
an armed robber who was paroled robbed me at gunpoint. he is serving a life sentence for armed robbery for his second offense. i understand how this issue works. i know that if that had occurred in green bill on the jack street it would have been responding to much more aggressively and much more seriously by the state. it is a matter of leadership and making it a priority. wilmington will not develop economically until we solve the problem with public safety. jack has talked about good things...
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[laughter] >> steve ford, linda johnson rob and jenna and barbara bush on growing up in the white house sunday evening at 7:30 eastern and pacific. it's part of four days of american history right through christmas day on c-span3. >> i think that the idea, and it was promoted in certain articles, and i think there was a conflation of politics because joel, who created the show, is a, is a, you know, a public conservative. i mean, the spectrum of political affiliations on the staff were, you know, from the far left to the far right. but it was no agenda, the idea that there was an agenda which was really the charge that was being forwarded, that we were somehow the midwife to policy on coercive interrogation was absurd, it is absurd. which isn't to say that if there wasn't an issue, if, in fact, our content was affecting the behavior of interrogators in the field, even if it was, you know, .05% of those interrogators actually were taking their cues from jack bauer, there was a systemic problem for sure that i suggested that we, you know, try to intervene on the behalf of those people. an
[laughter] >> steve ford, linda johnson rob and jenna and barbara bush on growing up in the white house sunday evening at 7:30 eastern and pacific. it's part of four days of american history right through christmas day on c-span3. >> i think that the idea, and it was promoted in certain articles, and i think there was a conflation of politics because joel, who created the show, is a, is a, you know, a public conservative. i mean, the spectrum of political affiliations on the staff...
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we have rob neighbors in our caucus -- rob nabors. he is on his way back to the white house. they need to discuss what has transpired with the speaker and the republican conference, which we do not know all the details either. >> a change in the cpi. >> we didn't get into that kind of discussion. plan are't a concrete details before the caucus. all of you can surmise what people in the caucus have had to say about that. until there is a proposal that people will vote on, it seems like a moving target. comment on. can an >> in the abstract -- >> that is more than in the abstract. we are not going to comment on that. the nation is in a difficult spot. we expect our leaders to step up. the president continues to step up. but we see resistance. we understand the difficulty that john boehner has with the more recalcitrant members of this caucus. we continue to stand with the president. the proposal has to accomplish the goals that he has outlined. we have not seen the kind of response from the other side. should said there have no not be changes in social security. >> that is righ
we have rob neighbors in our caucus -- rob nabors. he is on his way back to the white house. they need to discuss what has transpired with the speaker and the republican conference, which we do not know all the details either. >> a change in the cpi. >> we didn't get into that kind of discussion. plan are't a concrete details before the caucus. all of you can surmise what people in the caucus have had to say about that. until there is a proposal that people will vote on, it seems...
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and you cannot find up finer public servant than rob portman. thank you. [applause] now, it is true i am going to go see the cleveland browns to by my count won the game last week. who by my count won the game last week. but that is not why i am here. i want, like you, to see this country prosper and continue to be a place of unlimited opportunity. to see this country lead the world toward prosperity and liberty and peace. and so i am here to support mitt romney and paul ryan in that quest. this is a pivotal time in our country's history. we are at a crossroads, ladies and gentlemen. we are at a crossroads about what kind of country we are going to be and whether you and i, who have benefited so much from what our ancestors gave us, are going to pass on that same country of liberty and opportunity to our children. and that is what this election is about. [applause] we are at a crossroads because we cannot continue to spend money that we cannot afford to pay back and therefore, will saddle our children with the deaths we have taken on. we just cannot afford
and you cannot find up finer public servant than rob portman. thank you. [applause] now, it is true i am going to go see the cleveland browns to by my count won the game last week. who by my count won the game last week. but that is not why i am here. i want, like you, to see this country prosper and continue to be a place of unlimited opportunity. to see this country lead the world toward prosperity and liberty and peace. and so i am here to support mitt romney and paul ryan in that quest....
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silence of the world -- on ground zero for us, did for us, who were imprisoned in iran at the time, it robbed us from hope. yes. you cannot change the behavior of the iranian regime but what you can do is to give the likes -- 7,000 political prisoners who are right now in prison, you can give them hope, because the news does get into the prison, and if they actually hear that you in the united states of america -- and i promise you they will hear this -- you're standing up for them, and not about this whole masquerade of the whole neck tour thing that almost has become a joke. sive they there'd that you would be literally saving those political princers' lives. i have the luxury of not bag politician. i was in a political prison and i saw with my own eyes how thousands of young teenagers were brutally, massacred, after being tortured, and raped under the name of islam and religion. to be honest with you, all i'm interested in is just saving one life. if i can say one life, then i can die in peace. now, i know the arguments here are -- a lot are political, but for me, it is an issue of practic
silence of the world -- on ground zero for us, did for us, who were imprisoned in iran at the time, it robbed us from hope. yes. you cannot change the behavior of the iranian regime but what you can do is to give the likes -- 7,000 political prisoners who are right now in prison, you can give them hope, because the news does get into the prison, and if they actually hear that you in the united states of america -- and i promise you they will hear this -- you're standing up for them, and not...
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people get robbed sitting there trying to buy coffee. i got my concealed weapons permit after shooting happened in dunkin' donuts. when i go there, i think about it. if i am there and have a gun and know how to shoot it, i will pop that fight and head. -- that guy in the head. host: from "the associated press" religious leaders are calling them to enact gun- control and mental health reforms after the shooting in connecticut. leaders representing catholics, jews, a baptist, methodist, pickers and evangelicals and other faith gathered today of the washington national cathedral. it said it would mobilize to join in a national call in day to congress on february 5. they paused to listen to the bell tolled for each of the victims in connecticut. the victims included 20 young children. this happening on the same day for the senator for the hawaiian senator. -- the same day for the funeral for the hawaiian senator. final call, richard in arlington, virginia. caller: i am calling about the proposal with respect to the national database on menta
people get robbed sitting there trying to buy coffee. i got my concealed weapons permit after shooting happened in dunkin' donuts. when i go there, i think about it. if i am there and have a gun and know how to shoot it, i will pop that fight and head. -- that guy in the head. host: from "the associated press" religious leaders are calling them to enact gun- control and mental health reforms after the shooting in connecticut. leaders representing catholics, jews, a baptist, methodist,...
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they did tremendous damage to her, robbed her of her childhood, robert hurt of many of her capacities, almost of her life. it kills almost 50,000 people a year. susan 13 years ago started a foundation to help find a cure so other families and children do not have to go through what we saw our daughter go through or lose their kids, as we saw many parents and do. and so, fast forward to the mustache -- i made a bet on television with joe scarborough that if we lost pennsylvania, michigan, or minnesota, that i would shave my mustacheff. he agreed he would grow one if we want florida or north carolina. of course i one of the bet. joe negotiated his way out by saying he will give us $10,000 -- they have been great supporters of hours -- and they would do a fund-raiser for us and we're a fake moustache of our choosing. we then said, if we could raise $1 million by the end of this month for epilepsy research, for a cure, i would still shave off my moustache on "morning joe." this is the final week. we have raised close to $900,000. there istill time. anybody who wants to log on to slashthes
they did tremendous damage to her, robbed her of her childhood, robert hurt of many of her capacities, almost of her life. it kills almost 50,000 people a year. susan 13 years ago started a foundation to help find a cure so other families and children do not have to go through what we saw our daughter go through or lose their kids, as we saw many parents and do. and so, fast forward to the mustache -- i made a bet on television with joe scarborough that if we lost pennsylvania, michigan, or...
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now rob satloff. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here to join my panelists against these two opponents of ours. after jim woolsey's opening comments that put their side of the argument on the side of hitler-stalin and cue maybey is cower age us. if democracy is to triumph in the middle east, we oppose both parts of this resolution. islamic victory is neither inevitable nor welcome as the resolution suggests. first, inevitable, just look at elections throughout the region. historically, islamists rarely get more than a third of the vote. they don't win nonislamists lose. non-islamists divide among themselves and not that they get more than 50%, they don't. the non-islamists collectively get the more than 50%. the islamists get less. the division amongst the non islamists is what matters. look at egypt, five elections in the last two years. since the fall of mubarak, non-islamists got increasingly more votes in every single election until the presidential election when, with a candidate so tarred by the fact that
now rob satloff. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here to join my panelists against these two opponents of ours. after jim woolsey's opening comments that put their side of the argument on the side of hitler-stalin and cue maybey is cower age us. if democracy is to triumph in the middle east, we oppose both parts of this resolution. islamic victory is neither inevitable nor welcome as the resolution suggests. first, inevitable, just look at elections throughout the region....
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we'll also hear from ohio republican senator rob portman. >> morning. thank you all for joining us this morning. i am working with the campaign to fix the debt and i'm the president of the committee for responsible federal budget. and i'm really excited to join a phenomenal panel that we have with us today to help the campaign fix the debt which is a large nonpartisan coalition that is focused on helping members of congress come together to put in place a comprehensive debt deal. so i'm very delighted that today is what we have is a diverse and very experienced group of panelists to talk about two major topics. tax reform and health care reform. all in the context of how are we going to work together to put in place a plan that would be able to tackle the nation's fiscal challenges. we'll hear opinions and disagreement and i hope we'll hear a lot of ideas about how to generate different useful reforms to the budget that can help get a big deal put in place. and none of us forget that what's going on in the political system is incredibly challenging. and
we'll also hear from ohio republican senator rob portman. >> morning. thank you all for joining us this morning. i am working with the campaign to fix the debt and i'm the president of the committee for responsible federal budget. and i'm really excited to join a phenomenal panel that we have with us today to help the campaign fix the debt which is a large nonpartisan coalition that is focused on helping members of congress come together to put in place a comprehensive debt deal. so i'm...
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how it robs medicare. let me tell you what the worst thing we can do is, stay with the status quo. last week the big headline on the front page saying a big reason that working people in this country have not got a rate is because so many paying health care premiums. 6% of our national income is a $1 trillion a year. it was killing us. what happened since obamacare past? we just past two years in a rolw at the lows and a decade fr the first time in 51 years. we have $1.3 billion in refunds, including $11 million to 143,000 people in ohio. why? because the law says 80% to 85% of your interest premium has a good health care not to profits. 3 million and people have health insurance for the first time in their lives. starting next year, over 30 million americans will be able to afford health care for the first time. for them or their children with pre-existing conditions. the president did do exactly what congressman ryan did in his budget. he budgeted less than originally estimated to pay for medicare over 10 years for a good reason. medical professionals and the aarp. governor romne
how it robs medicare. let me tell you what the worst thing we can do is, stay with the status quo. last week the big headline on the front page saying a big reason that working people in this country have not got a rate is because so many paying health care premiums. 6% of our national income is a $1 trillion a year. it was killing us. what happened since obamacare past? we just past two years in a rolw at the lows and a decade fr the first time in 51 years. we have $1.3 billion in refunds,...
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>> it robbed the challenger. it brought them for 3 or four days, six news cycles. the core issue was the economy. he wasn't able to get that message through for a few days. to some voters, it probably reminded some voters that this guy is reaching across party lines and reaching to the governor from new jersey. they're sitting in for the first time. i think it did help obama by freezing things for a few days and giving him that commander in chief aura. >> there is an important role that the federal government plays. romney and paul ryan talked about the government needs to get out of the way. >> romney specifically said he would cut fema. >> the last thing people want when catastrophe strikes is the government to get out of the way. >> some people remember obama came in in the middle of a crisis and he was cool headed. they were reminded that this guy doesn't react as much emotionally as we like to saee, when a crisis hits, he is the guy we would like to see. >> over here to your stage right. hi. what will be president obama's 3 legacy initiatives? what luck willie
>> it robbed the challenger. it brought them for 3 or four days, six news cycles. the core issue was the economy. he wasn't able to get that message through for a few days. to some voters, it probably reminded some voters that this guy is reaching across party lines and reaching to the governor from new jersey. they're sitting in for the first time. i think it did help obama by freezing things for a few days and giving him that commander in chief aura. >> there is an important role...
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some of the proposals for the fund, the c.i.o., if i recall, rob, you had a study around that so we were stealing good ideas from anywhere and this one was originally yours. so it was really one part of it but it was the notion of can we make the federal government better, faster, sheeper through e-government. and at the time there was a belief in the transformation al elements of e.-government at the time. i think the original idea was for $250 million fund which got cut down pretty radically in the end for those of you that led during the lethchure. it didn't get to where we wanted but it was the first time a candidate had talked about e.-government in the presidential campaign. and from there, kevin and crew took it up. >> thank you. kevin, so nur that situation where you are seing the white house doing things and seing the importance of it. how did you get to the act itself? >> well, there were some sporadic efforts throughout the government. there was a search engine at the end of the clintoner rafment starting in late 1999, early 2,000, senator lieberman launched an interactive too
some of the proposals for the fund, the c.i.o., if i recall, rob, you had a study around that so we were stealing good ideas from anywhere and this one was originally yours. so it was really one part of it but it was the notion of can we make the federal government better, faster, sheeper through e-government. and at the time there was a belief in the transformation al elements of e.-government at the time. i think the original idea was for $250 million fund which got cut down pretty radically...
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about the deep cuts, there will be even more cuts to food programs, nutrition programs, which will rob people of their lives and their ability to succeed and it's particularly important for our children, our babies, our toddlers, and our children. let's have the courage, not to make this happen and to pull back from these unconscionable cuts to our food and nutrition program. thank you. thank you for doing this. god bless you. ms. schakowsky: thank you for your passion which is obvious every day for making sure we make the smart investments in our children and women and health care in this country. thank you, rosa delauro. and now it is my pleasure to bring up one of the handful of nurses, trained nurses, that are in this house of representatives, and lois capps from california has been a leader on health care and all those programs that are really going to help our families to live the kinds of lives that all of us want to live in the united states. so thank you for joining us. lois capps of california. mrs. capps: thank you. i rise to voice my very strong support of our nation's mate
about the deep cuts, there will be even more cuts to food programs, nutrition programs, which will rob people of their lives and their ability to succeed and it's particularly important for our children, our babies, our toddlers, and our children. let's have the courage, not to make this happen and to pull back from these unconscionable cuts to our food and nutrition program. thank you. thank you for doing this. god bless you. ms. schakowsky: thank you for your passion which is obvious every...
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. >> to echo that, if there is talk that the senator with the golden resume, rob portman who has done every other job in washington may think about running for the senate job in two years, he won't become treasure secretary. he didn't become president. he still harbors presidential ambitions. he is only 57. so if he wants to build up a base he could do worse than do the same thing which is recruiting senate candidates, get them elected. they are beholden to him. life goes on. >> it is worth noting that the one constitutional officer, the vice president joe biden, hasn't ruled it out. great copy for us. >> we got the best indication on that on election day. when he left his polling place a reporter asked him if that is the last time. so i guess that is the last time you will ever get a chance to vote for yourself. he said i don't think so. it was interesting. it was very interesting. >> the "new york times" had an article calling obama's other fiscal cliff foreign policy. one of the biggest shakeups is on the three of the chair and ranking members being gone. if senator kerry moved pos
. >> to echo that, if there is talk that the senator with the golden resume, rob portman who has done every other job in washington may think about running for the senate job in two years, he won't become treasure secretary. he didn't become president. he still harbors presidential ambitions. he is only 57. so if he wants to build up a base he could do worse than do the same thing which is recruiting senate candidates, get them elected. they are beholden to him. life goes on. >> it...
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[applause] and thanks to one of our sponsors, rob ritchie. we will implement instant run off voting and you can go on line to vote for the candidate you want. you have 24 hours to votes to go on line and go home today to vote and on thursday morning, we will announce the two candidates with the most votes will be in washington, d.c. to debate on international issues. please, but tonight, free and equal.org. [applause] thank you, larry. >> thank you all very much in a great pleasure to be with you and i love coming to chicago. thank you very much. >> we, the people. >> good night, everybody. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> president obama and mitt romney hold their final campaign rallies before election day. the president speaks to voters in iowa. mitt romney and will be in new hampshire. both rallies are scheduled to start shortly before 11:00 p.m. eastern. we will also take your phone calls, comments, and tweets. >> for the last four years, the sta
[applause] and thanks to one of our sponsors, rob ritchie. we will implement instant run off voting and you can go on line to vote for the candidate you want. you have 24 hours to votes to go on line and go home today to vote and on thursday morning, we will announce the two candidates with the most votes will be in washington, d.c. to debate on international issues. please, but tonight, free and equal.org. [applause] thank you, larry. >> thank you all very much in a great pleasure to be...
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what the silence did for us in iran was that it robbed us from hope. yes, you cannot change the behavior of their iranian regime but what you can do this to give 7000 other political prisoners who are right now in prison, you can give them hope because the news does get into the prison. if they actually hear that you, in the united states of america -- and i promise you they will hear this, you are standing up for them and not about this masquerade of the nuclear thing that has almost become a joke. if they hear that, you would be literally saving those political prisoners lives. i have the luxury of not being a politician. i was in a political prison and i saw with my own eyes how thousands of young teenagers were brutally massacred after being tortured and raped under the name of islam and religion. to be honest with you, all i am interested in is just saving one life. if i can save one life, i can die in peace. i know the arguments and many of them are political but for me, it is an issue of practicality and it is an issue of saving lives. >> do you
what the silence did for us in iran was that it robbed us from hope. yes, you cannot change the behavior of their iranian regime but what you can do this to give 7000 other political prisoners who are right now in prison, you can give them hope because the news does get into the prison. if they actually hear that you, in the united states of america -- and i promise you they will hear this, you are standing up for them and not about this masquerade of the nuclear thing that has almost become a...
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your testimony that caught my attention, which is your support for the initiative offered by senator rob portman. lawmakers can adopt a version of the so-called dollar rule to address the 2011 debt ceiling. policymakers could agree at the beginning to cover that here -- year's budget. they could -- adopting some form of this rule would be a good safeguard. . appreciate his comments isn't this exactly what we did that now everyone is trying to get out of? we have a dollar of spending reductions. 1.2 is already in place. the other is in the sequester. isn't that what we did? a good idea, why are you and the the others now suggesting it is not a good idea? >> let me say a few things. first, the broad context. we need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. it is agonistic. we need to get rid of it. cron is agonisti -- and suggestt that some version of the dollar for dollar rule should be incremented. at least considered. it does not need to be one-for- one. it could be 50%. that is not going forward. my view is that we need to nail down how we can get to fiscal sustainability. it at the debt ce
your testimony that caught my attention, which is your support for the initiative offered by senator rob portman. lawmakers can adopt a version of the so-called dollar rule to address the 2011 debt ceiling. policymakers could agree at the beginning to cover that here -- year's budget. they could -- adopting some form of this rule would be a good safeguard. . appreciate his comments isn't this exactly what we did that now everyone is trying to get out of? we have a dollar of spending reductions....
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in ohio, rob apartment and the governor traveling across the state. encouraging early voting there. in ohio. they stop and i part of our live coverage today on c-span. >> let us get the album that document the family during a white house years. and before. part of the coolidge family papers, we have one box that is just photographs. and several boxes of other documents. photographs are heavy. the albums should be in the back of the box here. here is. unfortunately, it is on a black paper. there's not much we can do about that, we do not want to change the artifacts nature of the album itself. and it is starting to crack, some of these pages are separating. this is a photograph of calvin coolidge the day before he became president. he was in a plymouth, vt. visiting his father, doing some chores. this is a press photograph. he did have the press along with him. it to one photograph of him here with his suit jacket on. and then another one of him without the suit jacket on. >> more from the vermont historical society this weekend as book tv, american history tv and c-span local conten
in ohio, rob apartment and the governor traveling across the state. encouraging early voting there. in ohio. they stop and i part of our live coverage today on c-span. >> let us get the album that document the family during a white house years. and before. part of the coolidge family papers, we have one box that is just photographs. and several boxes of other documents. photographs are heavy. the albums should be in the back of the box here. here is. unfortunately, it is on a black paper....
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section of the washington post has a piece about the director of legislative affairs at the white house, rob neighbors. what is his job? guest: behind closed doors, the staff members have a lot more influence because some of the budget issues are so minuscule and then the legislative issues have to be drafted in legislative language. when there are no cameras or microphones, the negotiators are really talking turkey about what concessions can you live with and how can i sell this to my based? he has to be an honest broker and he has to keep lwaks forget -- leaks from getting in the press or no one would trust him. he does not let things get in the press the next day. host: he has to go to the white house and say this is what they are saying, this is what they can deal with. guest: yes. in the past when the negotiations happened in 1990, it comes down to a few people in a room. this is not considered democratic by many rank-and- file. host: he has to go to the white house and say this is what they are saying, this is whatyear frr sanders in vermont saying we have our own ideas but when we are
section of the washington post has a piece about the director of legislative affairs at the white house, rob neighbors. what is his job? guest: behind closed doors, the staff members have a lot more influence because some of the budget issues are so minuscule and then the legislative issues have to be drafted in legislative language. when there are no cameras or microphones, the negotiators are really talking turkey about what concessions can you live with and how can i sell this to my based?...
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in this case apparently the negotiations directly between the white house and speaker boehner, and rob neighbors in the white house, there is no better person for the president to assign to this job. i just think the world of him. i have known him for years and have the highest respect for him. i hope that speaker boehner will just agree to one basic principle and i think we can get this done. that the solution on the house side is going to be a bipartisan solution. it has to be bipartisan in the senate. but if this is going to be an exclusive, republican solution on the house side, i'm afraid we are going to reach the same impasse we have in the past. if he will make a commitment to a bipartisan solution in the house, i think we can get this done. >> questions from the press. gentleman over here. >> norm levy with the "los angeles times." you mentioned that medicaid is a special case. does that mean there are no savings from your point of view or there are and if so what would they be? >> i think there are savings. and it's a special case because of the political circumstances. the pe
in this case apparently the negotiations directly between the white house and speaker boehner, and rob neighbors in the white house, there is no better person for the president to assign to this job. i just think the world of him. i have known him for years and have the highest respect for him. i hope that speaker boehner will just agree to one basic principle and i think we can get this done. that the solution on the house side is going to be a bipartisan solution. it has to be bipartisan in...
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. >> just to echo that, there is talk the senator with the golden resume, rob portman, who has done a just about every other job in washington may run for the republican senatorial committee job in two years, which would allow him to regroup. he did not become vice president. he still harbors presidential ambitions. he is only 57. and so, if he wants to start building up a base he could do worse than do the same thing we talked about gillibrand doing -- recruiting candidates, get them elected. they are beholden to him. life goes on. >> it is worth noting, too, that the one constitutional officer, president of the senate, vice president of the united states joe biden has not ruled it out. >> great copy from us. when he left his polling place when a reporter asked, is it the last time -- it's sort of assumes -- i guess it is the last time you will ever get a chance to vote for yourself. and he said, i don't think so. it is interesting. very interesting. open -- >> the new york times had an article calling the other fiscal cliff as foreign policy. the shake up on the foreign relations co
. >> just to echo that, there is talk the senator with the golden resume, rob portman, who has done a just about every other job in washington may run for the republican senatorial committee job in two years, which would allow him to regroup. he did not become vice president. he still harbors presidential ambitions. he is only 57. and so, if he wants to start building up a base he could do worse than do the same thing we talked about gillibrand doing -- recruiting candidates, get them...
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in the meantime, from this morning, a group that heard from rob portman and the director of the economic council gene sperling. we will show you as much of their remarks as we can until the portion with senator baucus gets under way. >> actually, they just give my speech. i would like to grow and not slow the economy. that is part of the answer to this. we may disagree on how we do it, but we are not going to get the fiscal house in order without having additional revenue, and that comes from growth. we also need to restrain spending, we need to do both. in washington, there is such a deep fiscal hole right now we cannot find it without both. again, we will have differences of opinion on how to do it. there are strong opinions on its sides -- on each side, both sides, but that is why we need a discussion today, why we need a successful outcome, not only to the fiscal cliff talks, but also to the longer issue of debt and deficit, and long-term growth. i was asked to focus on what might be possible in terms of possible tax reform. i know tax reform and health care reform are the two topics
in the meantime, from this morning, a group that heard from rob portman and the director of the economic council gene sperling. we will show you as much of their remarks as we can until the portion with senator baucus gets under way. >> actually, they just give my speech. i would like to grow and not slow the economy. that is part of the answer to this. we may disagree on how we do it, but we are not going to get the fiscal house in order without having additional revenue, and that comes...
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they essentially were robbed by a chinese company and after eight years of trying to get justice, they are still owed $7 million. i've asked the chinese ambassador and their government for answers to this case and our federal trade establishment needs to be more forceful on issues of business fraud. america and the congress should not stand idly by as american companies are fleece and the promises of a level playing field are broken. mr. speaker, i ask that an article that document this is case be placed in the record and its headline explains the story, heitman steel seeks repayment from china for products not delivered. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i request permission to address the house for one min. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute of ms. malone: mr. speaker, according to a report by the national economic council if the economy goes over the fiscal cliff, it could cut spending over $200 billion. in other words if we come to a consensus financial plan and agree, it could be a $200 billion stimulus to our ec
they essentially were robbed by a chinese company and after eight years of trying to get justice, they are still owed $7 million. i've asked the chinese ambassador and their government for answers to this case and our federal trade establishment needs to be more forceful on issues of business fraud. america and the congress should not stand idly by as american companies are fleece and the promises of a level playing field are broken. mr. speaker, i ask that an article that document this is case...
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[laughter] we respect your economy of language, rob. >> ok. i would like to go back to gaza, too. i have been thinking about the landscape is shifting in the region. and the players we're looking -- they coordinate in a whole new way of kind of policy. i do not want to overplay this. the concept that we can work together to create a new reality. if they have a vested interest, it is in their neighborhood. i wonder if the outcome is don't be the end of the israeli policy in support of the strangulation of gaza and the sea doesn't break out -- and see gaza break out as the palestinian state? then what does the u.s. do about that since we don't seem to have the capacity to influence the key players on the ground that that is a bad idea? and how to reshape it? >> i think your question is of absolutely right -- is absolutely right. i do not know whether anybody was planning it this way, but i think the trends -- hamas emerging as the central power in the palestinians. that is where things are happening. in two weeks, president of boss will be at the u.n. -- president abass will be at t
[laughter] we respect your economy of language, rob. >> ok. i would like to go back to gaza, too. i have been thinking about the landscape is shifting in the region. and the players we're looking -- they coordinate in a whole new way of kind of policy. i do not want to overplay this. the concept that we can work together to create a new reality. if they have a vested interest, it is in their neighborhood. i wonder if the outcome is don't be the end of the israeli policy in support of the...
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we love rob, and these great midwestern values. they shine through. we love that. a few of you have heard me say this before, but cyndi share is this sentiment, and understands that running is very hard on families. it is very tough. after the last campaign when john mccain won, made this recording for my husband. sweetie, i am never doing this again. he laughed. he said say that after every pregnancy. true, true, and yet i have five boys. i will tell you when the fifth boy -- those are the days when you never knew when you were having -- when he popped out, i said that ist and all i got. it was a long time waiting for the first granddaughter. i have five sons. you had a daughter. i have 18 grandchildren. guess how many are boys -- 13. i am surrounded. by the way i have all brothers. i had to learn how to play football and baseball, and play and roughhouse and everything else. life is interesting, and the boys taught me an amazing lessons, and i appreciate them so much. i could have nearly killed them when they were kids, but they taught me how to be open and how t
we love rob, and these great midwestern values. they shine through. we love that. a few of you have heard me say this before, but cyndi share is this sentiment, and understands that running is very hard on families. it is very tough. after the last campaign when john mccain won, made this recording for my husband. sweetie, i am never doing this again. he laughed. he said say that after every pregnancy. true, true, and yet i have five boys. i will tell you when the fifth boy -- those are the...
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the interest on the debt alone is robbed from vestments that could be made. we all know we have to reduce the deficit. 1 of the ways we got here where tax cuts for the wealthy that did not produce jobs. but as that continues on a path that got us into this fix in the first place. let us go to the table of good faith where we want something to happen. but if nothing happens, the consequences could be great. we have faith -- if we all go to the table, budget agreements have been made over and over. there is no reason we should not have one now, unless there is an ideology on the part of the people with kids to undermine any of the good will. >> two bargains are one bargain? one the debt ceiling? >> i would hope not. i am about the element amendment. i am with the constitution about united states permi. during the past week, the san francisco giants won the world series in a suite. i still have not -- got the p ony dogs. i am waiting on the wings for my bet. -- winnings for my bet. this is important and i said this to a group of bipartisan members. when we had o
the interest on the debt alone is robbed from vestments that could be made. we all know we have to reduce the deficit. 1 of the ways we got here where tax cuts for the wealthy that did not produce jobs. but as that continues on a path that got us into this fix in the first place. let us go to the table of good faith where we want something to happen. but if nothing happens, the consequences could be great. we have faith -- if we all go to the table, budget agreements have been made over and...
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[applause] thanks to one of our sponsors, rob ritchie, we will institute ensign run of voting and you can go on line and vote for the candidates you want and the two candidates with the highest number of votes we will have instant run off voting. you have 24 hours to votes and go on line when you go home today. on thursday morning, we will announce the two candidates with the most votes will be in washington, d.c. to debate on international issues. police, vote tonight, free and equal.org. [applause] thank you, larry. >> thank you all very much. a great pleasure to be with you, always a great pleasure to come to chicago. >> wheat, the people. >> good night, everybody [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> that was the independent debate last night from chicago. we want to get your reaction to what you just saw. maybe you saw it last night. what do you think about the impact of independent candidates in the 2012 election? here are the number is on your screen -- -- here are the number is on your screen. -- her
[applause] thanks to one of our sponsors, rob ritchie, we will institute ensign run of voting and you can go on line and vote for the candidates you want and the two candidates with the highest number of votes we will have instant run off voting. you have 24 hours to votes and go on line when you go home today. on thursday morning, we will announce the two candidates with the most votes will be in washington, d.c. to debate on international issues. police, vote tonight, free and equal.org....
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to develop the right team at the senate campaign committee, and i'm pleased to tell you that senator rob portman has agreed to be the vice chairman for finance, to help us in acquiring the necessary resources for success, and senator elect ted cruz has agreed to serve as the vice chairman of the nrsc for purposes of grassroots operations and political outreach. we have already in place the beginnings of a team that will work hard to make a difference not just on behalf of republicans, but on behalf of all americans. thank you very much. >> take a couple questions. >> yesterday the white house reis rated their request for $26 billion in revenue as part of a $4 trillion package. is that s. anything along the lines of $1.6 trillion something you think republicans could ultimately agree to if there were entitlements alongside? >> can i only echo what the speaker said very correctly last week. republicans believe that there is a way to get additional revenue. we also believe that additional revenue should be tied to the only thing in a are -- will save the country in the long run and that is
to develop the right team at the senate campaign committee, and i'm pleased to tell you that senator rob portman has agreed to be the vice chairman for finance, to help us in acquiring the necessary resources for success, and senator elect ted cruz has agreed to serve as the vice chairman of the nrsc for purposes of grassroots operations and political outreach. we have already in place the beginnings of a team that will work hard to make a difference not just on behalf of republicans, but on...
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, a currency subsidy that's leading to the kind of problems we're both very frustrated about and is robbing jobs from our economy, you can bring a case that the administration, without going through the w.t.o. and all these cuned of machinations can bring a case -- you may have to bring a case to the w.t.o., but you don't have to go to the w.t.o. to find out if you can bring a case, can bring the case in that area. to be honest, the administration has not said we're for this. i believe if it got to their desk they would sign it. >> ok, in walking the walk, how do we know? >> well, a couple things. one is clearly when he's been asked again and again and again by skeptics about what he'll do about currency, he has said, this is coming from him, not his advisors, right, that he is going to declare them a currency day one, fully understanding what flows from that in terms of action under our trade laws. meaning embracing the idea that the currency necessarily does imply a subsidy and then we have to start moving under the duty law without waiting for the legislation. >> you're saying he will de
, a currency subsidy that's leading to the kind of problems we're both very frustrated about and is robbing jobs from our economy, you can bring a case that the administration, without going through the w.t.o. and all these cuned of machinations can bring a case -- you may have to bring a case to the w.t.o., but you don't have to go to the w.t.o. to find out if you can bring a case, can bring the case in that area. to be honest, the administration has not said we're for this. i believe if it...
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i thank also my friend, emanuel cleaver, also of missouri, rob bishop of utah, raul grijalva of arizona for working with me to preserve the district of columbia world war i memorial. earlier this year in search for a suitable memorial for world war i, representative ted poe introduced h.r. 938, which would have nationalized the d.c. memorial by redesignating it as the district of columbia and national world war i memorial. . he made clear, however, that he wasn't focused on the d.c. memorial but his goal was a world war i memorial here. while i very much believe in commemorating all world war i veterans, i had to oppose altering the integrity of the d.c. memorial. the d.c. memorial was built with the blood and treasure of d.c. residents only, including funds from schoolchildren. more than 26,000 d.c. residents who served in world war i, the 491 who died, more than the number from three states, have their names enfwraved on the memorial. our memorial is deeply symbolic of historic and continuing concerns of this -- of district veterans, particularly our veterans who continue to serve wit
i thank also my friend, emanuel cleaver, also of missouri, rob bishop of utah, raul grijalva of arizona for working with me to preserve the district of columbia world war i memorial. earlier this year in search for a suitable memorial for world war i, representative ted poe introduced h.r. 938, which would have nationalized the d.c. memorial by redesignating it as the district of columbia and national world war i memorial. . he made clear, however, that he wasn't focused on the d.c. memorial...
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we just have rob neighbors in our caucus and he said he is on his way back to the white house because they need to discuss apparently what has transpired with the speaker and the republican conference. to which we don't know all the details either. >> the last proposal from the president included a change in the c.p.i. is your caucus willing to support that? >> we didn't get into that kind of discussion. again, and the reason is there isn't a concrete plan or details before the caucus. all of you can generally surmise what people in the caucus have had to say about that, but until there's any kind of concrete proposal that something that people will actually vote on, you know, the -- it seems like a moving target. so not really much we can comment on there, etc. >> in the abstract, a change in the c.p.i. -- >> in the abstract -- more than -- there's more than the abstract, but we're not going to comment on that. listen, the nation is in a very difficult spot, and this is where we expect our leaders to step up. what we've seen happen so far is that the president continues to step up, b
we just have rob neighbors in our caucus and he said he is on his way back to the white house because they need to discuss apparently what has transpired with the speaker and the republican conference. to which we don't know all the details either. >> the last proposal from the president included a change in the c.p.i. is your caucus willing to support that? >> we didn't get into that kind of discussion. again, and the reason is there isn't a concrete plan or details before the...
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for those of you here who are noort boxing fans or don't remember sugar ray rob join, about 99% of the audience, he was pound for pound the greatest boxer in the history of the game. sugar ray robinson policy record, when i see her i say high sugar. >> i was wondering why you say that. >> one of my younger reporters overheard this one time and said to a colleague, god, is he old. it's a different generation, isn't it? i'm sorry. sugar. >> i'm glad you explained that. >> you were worried, too. it's terrific to be here. what a great panel. glenn hutchins is the founder of silver lake. he has been probably -- there's been no private equity guy who has invested in as much in technology and innovation. his -- he is a tremendous asset to drew fast at harvard. as a great advisor and harvard management committee, i guess, and his real claim to fame is he's the part owner of the bosston celtics. if we -- boston celtics. if we start to in any way -- we aren't achieving what we want, we'll talk about rondo today. glenn is really a great -- he's one of the smartest people i have ever met in this b
for those of you here who are noort boxing fans or don't remember sugar ray rob join, about 99% of the audience, he was pound for pound the greatest boxer in the history of the game. sugar ray robinson policy record, when i see her i say high sugar. >> i was wondering why you say that. >> one of my younger reporters overheard this one time and said to a colleague, god, is he old. it's a different generation, isn't it? i'm sorry. sugar. >> i'm glad you explained that. >>...
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i try to explain that to my constituents back home, the ones who come and say, rob, why can't you all just come together and mr. consensus? why can't you find that middle ground? it's because in my mind, mr. speaker, there's no question but we have to raise revenue through smart tax policy, and we have to cut spending which is the driver of our debt. but when my president looks at this very same set of numbers, looks at this very same rising debt across the country, looks at the same economic destruction that this debt is causing across the nation, he raises taxes by $2 trillion and raises spending by even more. mr. speaker, he says balance but the only proposal he's brought the congress in the last 12 months is about as unbalanced as they come. we can, mr. speaker, we can come together in the middle. we can find consensus. as i said earlier, my democratic colleague from virginia accurately identified the challenges. none of them are easy. none of the solutions are easy. but don't be fooled, mr. speaker, into breebing that either, a, this house isn't serious about bringing revenues ba
i try to explain that to my constituents back home, the ones who come and say, rob, why can't you all just come together and mr. consensus? why can't you find that middle ground? it's because in my mind, mr. speaker, there's no question but we have to raise revenue through smart tax policy, and we have to cut spending which is the driver of our debt. but when my president looks at this very same set of numbers, looks at this very same rising debt across the country, looks at the same economic...
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rob portman, senator from ohio, but your comment. guest: him specifically but also the running mate that we'll see presumably after the olympics. guest: typically you can only lose an election with a vice presidential nominee or make things worse, which was done in 2008. not that that mccain would have won that, the vice president nominee doesn't provide much of a boost. there's a short term boost. i do think ohio, it's very hard for romney to win without winning ohio so portman would be a logical pick in many ways. he doesn't bring a whole lot in the sense of ohio, he's not terribly well known in his state, but i actually think there is real intelligence to pick, where if you can get a point in ohio, that would be very important for him. guest: the two premises is do no harm, don't pick anybody that brings harm to you and pick someone who could in fact serve if called upon if something were to happen to the president and i think in both cases rob portman certainly meets both of those. i also think he meets another. we are facing, as
rob portman, senator from ohio, but your comment. guest: him specifically but also the running mate that we'll see presumably after the olympics. guest: typically you can only lose an election with a vice presidential nominee or make things worse, which was done in 2008. not that that mccain would have won that, the vice president nominee doesn't provide much of a boost. there's a short term boost. i do think ohio, it's very hard for romney to win without winning ohio so portman would be a...
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so, rob, speaking of other failed spectrum policies, and i will take some of the blame for this remember the old failed -- one of the goals is to provide first responders access to a nationwide interoperable network. i guess just quickly if you-all might want to talk about do you think the fcc will move in that direction in the next year, where is that issue? >> you were around. >> well, i have to take some of the blame for the d-block too. i voted for the d-block provisions. it is another great illustration of over-engineering. there were a lot of requirements to try to get a private sector bidder to bid on what's called the d-block p that was a certain chunk of spectrum to see good there could be a public-private partnership to build out a nationwide public safety network. this is going to take a minute. so i'm going to -- it is going to take some explaining. especially since we're on c-span. my father-in-law is probably watching. hopefully no one will go to sleep. there is plenty of extra coffee in the back. >> the kids will get extra credit at school for listening to this. >> maybe a
so, rob, speaking of other failed spectrum policies, and i will take some of the blame for this remember the old failed -- one of the goals is to provide first responders access to a nationwide interoperable network. i guess just quickly if you-all might want to talk about do you think the fcc will move in that direction in the next year, where is that issue? >> you were around. >> well, i have to take some of the blame for the d-block too. i voted for the d-block provisions. it is...
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." >> thanks, rob. rob, i think you have to update your chart there. i think michigan may become a battleground chate. irregardless -- can you hear me? >> yeah, i can hear you. >> i was going to take one thing talking about benghazi butly get that go. we're in a global economy the new world order, which was brought in by the first george bush signed into law by clinton. so this is bipartisan, that is our economy and we wrote the rules as far as a global economy and others follow it. so when we talk about shipping overseas, that's the game. we wrote the rules. i will close on this, on the great city of detroit when we always talk about the bailout or which way it should go or bain capital. people have to realize, they have to understand this, most of general motors' jobs are now presently overseas and the head of general motors who took all of the money is now crying that $7.5 million in pay is not enough. the united states auto workers are still at entry level being hired in at over $19 an hour, that's just their pay but their total compensation with h
." >> thanks, rob. rob, i think you have to update your chart there. i think michigan may become a battleground chate. irregardless -- can you hear me? >> yeah, i can hear you. >> i was going to take one thing talking about benghazi butly get that go. we're in a global economy the new world order, which was brought in by the first george bush signed into law by clinton. so this is bipartisan, that is our economy and we wrote the rules as far as a global economy and others...
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the need to figure out how to best use our power to shape and influence their transition. >> on to rob. >> a couple of closing points. first, generally we tend to project exceed a certain bigotry of low expectations on muslims in the arab cultural world. those of us who are various religious faiths here know the extent to which we practice our faith is and how faithful we are to this or that religious prescription. we know that we fall pretty short, but we think, muslims all pray five times a day, they never touched a scotch. they all do every commandment in islam. and they submit to the will of their local imam, et cetera. it does not work that way. moslem practice in general is not so different than general practice here. muslims want the political the way that we want to be political. let us not fall prey to the bigotry of low expectations that they cannot make reasonable choices about their own political organization, and that therefore, if you fall prey to that, you will accept the proposition that islamism, essential, unavoidable, inevitable -- malarkey. it is not. what in politi
the need to figure out how to best use our power to shape and influence their transition. >> on to rob. >> a couple of closing points. first, generally we tend to project exceed a certain bigotry of low expectations on muslims in the arab cultural world. those of us who are various religious faiths here know the extent to which we practice our faith is and how faithful we are to this or that religious prescription. we know that we fall pretty short, but we think, muslims all pray...
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mostly people who were in arrears on mortgages -- asked willie sutton why he robbed banks, it is because that is where the money is. the foreclosure risky business, you use to hear ads on tv saying that you should give us $3,000 and we will take care of your problem. 90% -- 99% of the company was in sales and only 1% worked for the consumers. on behalf of congress, because congress gave us the authority of a bipartisan mortgage rule that was unanimous on the commission, in a modification telemarketing sales rule, you see far fewer, i do not want to say none, but far fewer of those scams with finance fees right now. in the particular discriminatory context, we have brought at least a handful of cases -- there was a case involving a spanish-language bar were in california who was being charged on average one-quarter more for mortgages -- one-quarter point more for mortgages. we have had other cases in that area. we reach out to legal services, community groups, because you do not want to be at a competitive disadvantage from the crooked ones to come up with more cases in the area. >> two t
mostly people who were in arrears on mortgages -- asked willie sutton why he robbed banks, it is because that is where the money is. the foreclosure risky business, you use to hear ads on tv saying that you should give us $3,000 and we will take care of your problem. 90% -- 99% of the company was in sales and only 1% worked for the consumers. on behalf of congress, because congress gave us the authority of a bipartisan mortgage rule that was unanimous on the commission, in a modification...
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obamacare expands the organized power of the state and robs individuals and families of making decisions for themselves. obamacare is a clear and present danger. [applause] today we rededicate ourselves to defend liberty. today we pledge to stand up for liberty. to speak up for liberty. to pray for liberty. to rip up obamacare for liberty. god bless you. take a stand. [applause] >> thank you ken blackwell. let's do a little chat, how about it. repeal the law law. -- repeal the law. [chanting "repeal the law"] all right. next we have got from the media research center, he what did the liberal media and lets us know what they are doing, but brent bozell -- brett bozell. [applause] >> look, mr. president, no teleprompter. i was asked to rip this thing up when i am it done. i feel like doing it now. i have a couple of comments for the president. i want him to understand something he said before he was elected president -- he said that the problem with the constitution is not what it tells you you can do, it does not tell you what you cannot do. i have a message for our constitutional scholar
obamacare expands the organized power of the state and robs individuals and families of making decisions for themselves. obamacare is a clear and present danger. [applause] today we rededicate ourselves to defend liberty. today we pledge to stand up for liberty. to speak up for liberty. to pray for liberty. to rip up obamacare for liberty. god bless you. take a stand. [applause] >> thank you ken blackwell. let's do a little chat, how about it. repeal the law law. -- repeal the law....
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we have this remarkable scene, where the romney campaign is talking to rob portman on speaker phone, and they are talking about the possibility of having paul ryan going to the podium and sending anybody home until the next morning, saying, "we will let more to say in the morning." and he said do not do that. we will have results, and at that point, the romney campaign decided it probably was in the best interests to wait on the results and not send paul ryan down there. host: winning only north carolina. guest: is absolutely amazing. the obama people woke up on election day realizing they would lose florida narrowly, and they were shocked by their own success in carolina. one thing i did not put in the book, as the campaigns to reach the home stretch, the numbers in florida for the obama folks looked better, and bill clinton of all people demanded from chicago, hey, get me into florida more, and bill clinton did a lot of appearances in florida, and a lot of people think that may have helped turn the tide. host: we have one more caller from illinois. good morning to you. caller: good
we have this remarkable scene, where the romney campaign is talking to rob portman on speaker phone, and they are talking about the possibility of having paul ryan going to the podium and sending anybody home until the next morning, saying, "we will let more to say in the morning." and he said do not do that. we will have results, and at that point, the romney campaign decided it probably was in the best interests to wait on the results and not send paul ryan down there. host: winning...
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i now recognize my distinguished colleague, rob andrews, a senior democratic member of the subcommittee, for his remarks. >> good morning again, mr. gotbaum. thank you for being with us. and for your service to our country. you are running a very important agency and i know you are very dedicated to that task. it is good you are here this morning to answer the committee's questions. 10 million americans benefit from a system that has served this country for many decades very well. it is a system where pensions and other benefits are provided, where small business people, contractors, trucking companies, markets, supermarkets, and others, get together and pool their resources and share costs in order to provide pensions and other employee benefits. this is what is known as the multi employer system. the multi employer system, in all cases, involves a collective bargaining agreement that sets the terms and conditions for benefits that will be given. the system has worked extraordinarily well, and it is the system that 10 million americans rely upon for their pension. it is essentially and
i now recognize my distinguished colleague, rob andrews, a senior democratic member of the subcommittee, for his remarks. >> good morning again, mr. gotbaum. thank you for being with us. and for your service to our country. you are running a very important agency and i know you are very dedicated to that task. it is good you are here this morning to answer the committee's questions. 10 million americans benefit from a system that has served this country for many decades very well. it is a...
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then he again to berate the defense ministry, saying you have been robbing our people spending so much on defense you are scaring everybody else. that has given them an excuse for an arms race and i will tell you comrades, if we let them get by with forcing us into an arms race we are going to lose it. exactly what president reagan was trying to do tactically. i would say that people at the time -- i know some of marvin's colleagues would say reagan really didn't pay that much attention to details, his eyes would glaze over if you got in numbers of missiles and warheads and stuff. and, true, he didn't look at those things. he concentrated on the basic things. how do i understand this other fellow and convince him to do something that is actually in his own interests because his current pil policies are not. we spent much more time, and i think effective time, talking to reagan about where gorbachev was coming from and what his pressures were and one fof the things that we needed to do was to convince them we were not out to do them in. among other things, reagan said in that same memo
then he again to berate the defense ministry, saying you have been robbing our people spending so much on defense you are scaring everybody else. that has given them an excuse for an arms race and i will tell you comrades, if we let them get by with forcing us into an arms race we are going to lose it. exactly what president reagan was trying to do tactically. i would say that people at the time -- i know some of marvin's colleagues would say reagan really didn't pay that much attention to...